The Croatian Ministry for Environment has published its annual report for 2008 on the quality of the sea water on the Croatian Adriatic beaches.
Testing took place on 890 points across
the Croatian Adriatic and no point of polluted sea water has been
found. The sea water in Croatian Adriatic is more than suitable for
swimming and of high quality that meets the stringent criteria laid
down by the international guidelines on the quality of water on
sea/ocean beaches.
The program monitoring the quality of water
in the ocean beaches began almost twenty years ago and over the years
it has passed through a number of improvements. The program tests the
quality of water in the sea beaches are funded from the budgets of
coastal counties. Testing must be carried out by authorised and
independent laboratories.
Monitoring the quality of water
included sampling and analysis of the sea water across 890 different
locations on the Croatian Adriatic. Most of these locations are used
for swimming and recreation by the public. The report is published
annually informing the public about the sea water quality.
The
main objective of this particular annual survey is; the public health
education, sustainable management of beaches to preserve their natural
characteristics, and prompt identification and prevention of the
possible pollution sources.
The Croatian coast is almost 6000
kilometres long, full of sandy and pebbly beaches that represent 5, 4%
of all coast, and survey hasn’t found an area on the Croatian Adriatic
that doesn’t meet strict international guidelines.
Source: The Ministry for Environment